Coping with a diagnosis of C trachomatis or N gonorrhoeae: Psychosocial and behavioral correlates

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 921-929

  Schwartz, Rebecca M ^a   Hogben, Matthew ^b   Liddon, Nicole ^b   Augenbraun, Michael ^a   Mccormack, William M ^a   Rubin, Steven ^b,c   Wilson, Tracey E ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Bureau of STD Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depression; Sexual behavior; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT TRACING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SICK ROLE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649095909     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308095066     Document Type: Article

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